259.Guarding the Liberated Areas (Huaxia Chapter)
On 9 January, with the complete failure of the Ningxia strategy of the Chinese Revolutionary Union, the troops of the Chinese Revolutionary League suffered heavy losses, especially the fourth and second clusters, which were almost completely annihilated.
Most of the troops returning to Shaanxi are also demoralized, and the specific number of troops that still have combat effectiveness that can be used for defense cannot be counted at all, while at the same time, Russian tanks are approaching Shaanxi after a short rest.
Because the southern part of Ningshan is mountainous and hilly, it is not suitable for the deployment of armored forces, and even in the north, there is only a pitiful plain area, under this kind of terrain, it will become extremely difficult for the Russian armored forces to advance, but the Russians are not helpless.
Since it is difficult to advance the tanks, then use mechanized infantry, so the Russian occupation army transferred two mechanized infantry divisions from Ordos and Shuozhou and deployed them in northern Shaanxi.
An armored division and three mechanized infantry divisions were deployed on the border between Shanxi and Gansu provinces, and the chairman of the [DATA EXPUNGED] of the Central Revolutionary Federation believed that these troops were attempting to directly raid Yan'an.
There are also three armored divisions deployed on the border between Shanxi and Ningxia provinces, and this unit has just finished the Ningxia invasion operation and was immediately transferred here.
Although the base cannot be lined up with large troops, it is still possible to airdrop a large number of drones to the satellites of the China Revolutionary Union. By the way, some black technology sensors are also included, which can be deployed in places where drones and satellites are difficult to monitor, which can effectively reduce the danger of the reconnaissance of the Chinese Revolutionary Union.
[DATA EXPUNGED] The Chairman prepares to reorganize the troops before arranging defense. The reorganization of the troops is a technical task, so Comrade [DATA EXPUNGED] disbanded all the disabled troops and reorganized them into new units.
It took two hours to reorganize the troops, and now the situation of each department can be considered to be clear, knowing that the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the chairman of [DATA EXPUNGED] knows this truth very well. After reorganization, the original 20 divisions of the Central Revolutionary Federation were reorganized into nine divisions.
Among them there was one armored division, two mechanized divisions, six infantry divisions.
Surrounded by a strong enemy, the situation of the Chinese Revolutionary Union was not optimistic, and Yan'an was threatened by Russian forces from the north, west and southwest.
The chairman had to make this arrangement, a mechanized infantry division was guarding the Shaanning border, and almost all of the division's artillery was moved to the north of the line to fend off Russian tanks. The southern part of the line is a forest, and the terrain here means that Russian armored forces cannot enter, so the Chinese Revolutionary Union can safely and boldly drop all the infantry units here.
To the north, the Central Revolutionary Federation sent two infantry divisions to defend a 123-kilometer defensive front in Hengshan District --- Yulin City--- Jia County. To hold such a long position with two infantry divisions is simply life-threatening, and defending with two infantry divisions on such a long defensive front will cause the defensive front to be very open, and the position is very thin and fragile.
In charge of the defense of the southwestern direction, there were three infantry divisions and a mechanized division, which guarded the 164-kilometer-long defensive line on the Gansu-Shaanxi border, which was arranged very close to Wuqi County, and a large number of mines were planted on the border, hoping that these minefields would be used to their maximum effect in the mountains and forests.
The remaining infantry division and an armored division were deployed in Shaanxi, on the border with Sichuan and in Yan'an. The former prevents the Japanese from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, which the Showa guys like to do. The latter is used as a reserve, and the line of defense will go to the rescue where it is urgent.
Although the Chinese Revolutionary Federation has made sufficient preparations, the chairman of [DATA EXPUNGED] still has no bottom in his heart, and the gap in strength between the two sides in this battle is too great.
You must know that although both sides of the Chinese Revolutionary Federation and the Russian occupation forces have nine divisions, it is a pity that none of these units of the Central Revolutionary Alliance are full divisions, and all Russian troops are full divisions.
In this regard, the Central Revolutionary Federation had no choice but to do its best to exchange the greatest casualties for the enemy at the lowest cost.
In the early morning of 10 January, the artillery fire of the Russian offensive began, and the Russians, who had deep pockets, prepared for artillery fire on three offensive fronts for 20 minutes in one go.
The steel storm swept through the entire position of the Chinese Revolutionary Union in an instant, and several shells fell every second, and fifteen minutes later, the artillery fire began to extend, and the T-44 tanks of the Russian armored forces formed a torrent of steel and ran over.
On the Ningxi-Shaanxi border, the fighters of the Chinese Revolutionary Union evaded the shelling by disassembling the anti-tank guns, and when the Russian tanks drove up, the anti-tank guns began to fire in a volley.
One after another armor-piercing shells hit the T-44 tank in the face, but unfortunately they all bounced off, and some experienced gunners aimed at the T-44's hull machine gun and turret gaps and opened fire, which also destroyed twenty Russian tanks.
Those T-44 tanks counterattacked more quickly, don't forget that the firepower of a tank can withstand a company of traditional infantry, and these small guns of the opponent are not simple.
The hull machine guns fired along with the course machine guns, and the steel plates used by the small anti-tank guns to protect the infantry were easily torn apart by the machine guns, and the gunners desperately fired another salvo before retreating along the position without saying a word.
The tracks ran over those anti-tank guns and continued to move on, as if unstoppable.
To the southwest, on the Shaanxi-Gansu border, the Russian troops trying to advance on all fronts were in great trouble, and various mines from the Chinese Revolutionary Union blocked their way. The artillerymen and machine gunners of the Chinese Revolutionary Federation also like to specialize in working as workers and minesweepers. (It's still our regiment commander Ding's brains that are good at bombing the sappers of the devils, without the sappers, the devils will not be able to sweep mines, they will not be able to sweep mines, and their cars will not dare to go on the highway.) )
The two sides fired at each other in the minefield for an hour, and the Russian troops were stunned and unable to move forward.
In the northern battlefield of Shaanxi, two mechanized infantry divisions set out from Ordos and Shuozhou to launch a pincer offensive to attack Shaanxi, all the way like a bamboo, but unfortunately there was not a single soldier of the Chinese Revolutionary Union along the way.
At the moment they have stopped, waiting for further orders from their superiors, because they are also afraid of traps.
The gaze switched back to the three Russian armored units, who took Dingbian County after breaking through the defense line of the Sino-Revolutionary Alliance, and attempted to take the G20 national highway to Jingbian County.
When he stepped aside, he found that the Chinese Revolutionary Union had destroyed the road and had planted a large number of mines in front of it, and the Russian armored forces had no choice but to turn to the southern mountains. Then these invincible T-44 tanks were hit in a mountain village, and the Chinese Revolutionary Union hid large-caliber anti-tank guns in the village, on the hillside, waiting for the Russian tanks to approach.
boom。
Unlike the spicy chicken hoses that came before, these large-caliber guns can penetrate the T-44's frontal armor, and a very lucky few will ricochet, but most tanks will end up with a sad ammunition detonation.
Although the rest of the tanks managed to repel the forces of the Chinese Revolutionary Union, their own losses were not small, they lost fifty tanks and twenty logistics vehicles.
These logistics vehicles were loaded with half of the fuel and some ammunition of an armored division, but the supply problem was a big problem, and the armored division had to stop advancing, and the remaining two armored divisions continued to advance into the mountains and attack Yan'an.